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sible; a cure could therefore culy be ob- 

 tained by a perseverance in the mode of treat- 

 ment best adapted to the exigency of the 

 disease. AvaiUng myself of experimental 

 obser\^ation, I continued to cleanse them 

 thoroughly at every dressing with the injec- 

 tion of tincture of myrrh (by means of a 

 long-necked ivory syringe), the best ba/samic 

 detergent for foul wounds, inveterate ulcers, 

 or deep-iieated siiiuses, I have been able to 

 discover in the.whole class of externals, dur- 

 ing a long and attentive practice. 



Proceeding regularly in this track, with a 

 punctual administration of the internal me- 

 dicines before recited, and tlie external ap- 

 plications so minutely described, the mare, 

 in little more than six weeks, was com- 

 pletely cured, perfectly free from every ap- 

 pearance of eruption, la??ieness, or disease, and 

 is now in foal by a celebrated Arabian of the 

 lloyalstud. 



To those who may wish to have farther 

 animadversion upon the distinct aud acting 

 properties of the medicines internally ap- 

 plied, 1 can only observe;, such explanation 



